Vegetable-cutter.



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VEGETABLE CUTTER.-

APPLICATION FILED mm". a, 1904.

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No. 792,396. PATENTED JUNE13,1905.

' J. N. BUELL.

VEGETABLE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. 1904.

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JOHN N. BUELL, OF EST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOVILLIAM A. RUSSELL, OF WVEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.792,396, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed June 6, 1904. Serial No. 211,270.

To all 1072,0777 it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN N. BUELL, of est Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vegetable- Cutters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe numerals of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a top or plan view of a vegetablecutter constructed inaccordance with my invention with the plunger over the final cut tcrsremoved; Fig. 2, a side view in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3, atransverse sectional view through the outer end of the machine, showingthe plunger depressed in broken lines; Fig. 41, a plan view of thecutterframe with the transverse cutters; Fig. 5, a plan view of theframe with vertical cutters; Fig. 6, an end view of the plunger-fingers.

This invention relates to an improvement in vegetable-cutters, and whileadapted for cutting various kind of vegetables it is particularlyadapted for cutting potatoes where it is desirable to cut them into longstrips or into small pieces, the object of the invention being a simplearrangement of parts wherein the potato may be readily cut into stripsand where, if desired, the strips may be divided into small pieces; andthe invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown I employ a trough-like boxor frame comprising sides 2 3, end 1, and bottom 5. Transversely. acrossthe box is a frame 6, carrying a series of transverse cutting-blades 7,and adjacent to the frame 6 is a frame 8, carrying a series ofvertically-arranged cuttingblades 9, the blades 7 and 9 being soarranged that a short space will be provided between them. Between thesides 2 and 3 and guided thereby is a plunger 10, carrying a series of.rectangular fingers 11, so arranged that they may be passed between theblades 7 and 9. This plunger is moved toward the cutters by a lever 12,mounted upon a pivot 13 below the frame and operated by a treadle, (notshown,) the lever extending into the frame through a clearance-slot 14,formed in the bottom thereof, and the plunger is drawn rearward by meansof springs 15, secured to the rear of the plunger and to the sides ofthe frame. Forward'of the cutter-frame 8 the bottom of the box is openand provided with a series of transverselyarranged cuttingblades 16, andguided by the frame over these cutters is a plunger 17, which is adaptedto be moved vertically in the box through a lever 18, mounted in abracket 19, projecting upward above one side of the box.

In operation a vegetableas, for instance, a potato-is placed in the boxbetween the cutterframc 6 and the fingers 11 of the plunger 10. Thelever 12 is then turned, moving the plunger forward and forcing the po Itato through the frame 6, where it is sliced transversely, thencethrough the frame 8, where these slices are divided by the verticalknives, cutting the potato into square strips, the fingers 11 beingadapted to freely pass between the cutters 7 and 9, so as to force thestrips beyond the cutter-frame. These strips then fall upon thetransverse cutters 16 and may be removed provided it is desired to usethe potato in this form. If, however, small. pieces are required, theplunger 17 will be forced downward by the lever 18, and the pieces ofpotato lying upon the cutter 16 will be pressed onto and through thosecutters, severing the strips into cubes, it being understood that asuitable receptacle will be placed beneath the cutter 16 to receive thecut pieces.

By arranging the knives 7 and 9 at a slight distance apart a vegetableis more readily cut into strips than is possible when the cutters arearranged in the same plane, forming squares through which the entirepotato must be forced at a single operation, as the separation of thehorizontal and vertical cutters provides for the proper amount ofexpansion or play. After the vegetable has been passed through thecutters the lever 12 will be released and the plunger 10 drawn tailrearward by the springs 15 ready for the insertion of another piece tobe out.

While it is intended that the lever 12 shall be operated by afoot-treadle, it is apparent 5 without further illustration ordescription that the plunger 10 might be moved by a hand-operated lever,and while it is intended that the lever 18 shall be operated by hand itis apparent that it might be operated by a foot-treadle. I therefore donot wish to be understood as limiting the invention to the exactconstruction shown, but hold myself at liberty to make such departurestherefrom as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A vegetable-cutter comprising a horizontally-arranged box open at itsupper side, a rectangular frame extending transversely across the boxand carrying a series of transverse cutting-plates, a second framearranged forward of the first frame and parallel there with, and havinga series of vertical cutters, a horizontally-arranged plunger located insaid box in rear of the first frame, said plunger formed with fingersadapted to pass through the two sets of cutters, a slot in the bottom ofthe rear end of the box, a lever pivotally connected below the box andextending upward through said slot into engagement with said plungerwhereby said plun ger may be moved forward thereby, a spring connectedwith the rear end of said plunger and with the rear of said. box tendingto draw the said plunger rearward, said. box also formed with. anopening in the bottom at its forward end, a series oftransversely-arranged cutters in said opening, a bracket secured to oneside of said frame, a lever mounted in said bracket and connected withsaid plunger whereby said plunger may be moved vertically in said boxover the cutters in the bottom at the forward end thereof, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN N. BUELL.

WVitnesses J. H. SnUMwAY, CLARA L. IVEED.

